Using Performance Data in Judging Classes: BIF Fact Sheet
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Judging contests are an important educational tool. Someday young cattle producers will be faced with selection decisions that affect the profitability of their operations. This guide can be used to train youth interested in modern beef selection practices.1
Land Grading for Irrigation: Design and Construction
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Land grading is used for irrigation and subsequent drainage. Visit our site for our Land Grading for Irrigation: Design and Construction guide.
Animal Handling Safety Considerations
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Yet animal-related accidents cause numerous deaths and serious injuries each year. Removing hazards brings you one step closer to a safe work environment.
Cotton Insects and Mites
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Backgrounding Calves Part 2: Herd Health and Feeding
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A good health program is critical to successful calf backgrounding. Visit our website today to learn more about backgrounding calves.
Getting Problem Cows Pregnant
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An average interval of 70 days from calving to first breeding and a high fertility rate are important to maximize efficiency in dairy herds. The results are more milk and calves at reduced cost.
Crownvetch
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Crownvetch, Coronilla varia L., is a cool season, hardy, perennial legume. It is not a true vetch, although it resembles common and hairy vetch. Crownvetch spreads from rhizomes and will form a dense cover. It has been used for soil stabilization and as an ornamental for many years.
Dehumidifiers
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Dehumidifiers reduce the moisture in the air. They provide comfort for people and reduce or eliminate deterioration of equipment due to rust, rot, mold and mildew.
Sheep Pregnancy Checking by Ultrasonic Sound
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Ultrasonic sound waves can be used to determine sheep pregnancy without harming the ewe or fetus. Learn how the procedure works and pregnancy is diagnosed in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
Selecting and Working With a Farm Building Contractor
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Two major tasks are involved in the successful completion of a new farm building — choosing the right building and selecting a good contractor to build it.
Most buildings constructed today are "pre-engineered," or package-type, buildings.
Common Internal Parasites of Cattle
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Home Slaughtering and Processing of Beef
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A beef animal selected for slaughter should be healthy and in thrifty condition. Visit our site to learn about home slaughtering and processing of beef.
Feeding to Maximize Milk Solids
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Preparing for an Emergency: Home Heating in an Emergency
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At some time you may face a heating emergency. Visit our site for our Preparing for an Emergency: Home Heating in an Emergency guide.
Safe Use, Storage and Disposal of Paint
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Paint is a product that most of us have that can become a hazardous waste. Visit our site for our resource on the Safe Use, Storage and Disposal of Paint.
How to Build a Compost Bin
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Learn about five types of composting and how to build a composting bin. Worm and hemp composting, wire-mesh and snow-fence holding units, and wood and wire three-bin turning units are all covered in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
Using a Microwave Oven to Determine Moisture in Forages
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Harvesting and storing forage crops at the proper moisture is necessary to minimize forage losses and to maintain maximum nutritional value. But it is difficult to determine the moisture concentration of forage crops prior to ensiling or baling.
Kitchens for Workers in Wheelchairs
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Space for the wheelchair, plus space for turning the chair are the two important factors to consider when planning a new kitchen, remodeling a structure or adapting one being used.
The standard model wheelchair (measurements taken from American Standard specifications) falls within the following limits:
Managing Household Hazardous Waste
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Editor's note
The Missouri Poison Center, formerly Regional Poison Control Center, name and phone number were updated on 1/23/15.
Low-Profile Bins for Grain Drying
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Wheat Silage for Dairy Cattle
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